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i UNITED STATES JOHN EDWARD LONG, OF CHILLICOTHE, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 18, 1908.

Application filed August 29, 1907. Serial N o. 390,671.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN EDWARD LONG, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chillicothe, in the county ofRoss and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Table, of whichthe following is a specification. This invention relates generally totables, and more especially to that class adapted to have a leaf orleaves combined therewith of different sizes and shapes.

The object of the invention is to rovide a novel table attachment whichwil forma perfectly rigid support for any extra leaves which may beemployed to increase the size or change the shape of a table, which willnot in any way iiiar or deface the table nor detract from itsappearance, which will secure a positive connection between the table toand the supplemental leaf or leaves, wliicli will be simple ofconstruction, easy to apply and economical to construct, and by the useof which the cost of production of the table will be measurablydecreased.

IVith the above and other objects in view as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts of a table attachment, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure1 is an inverted plan view of a square table exhibiting two extra leavesapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail view of aportion of the table top displaying the manner in which an extra leaf iscombined therewith. Fig. 3 is aperspective detail view, partly insection, of the bracket constituting one of the essential features ofthe present invention. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view takenon the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail elevation exhibiting themanner in which the bracket is assembled with the table to Fig. 6 is aview similar to Fig. 1 showing t e manner in which a square table may beconverted into a round one. Fig. 7 is a similar view displaying themanner in which a circular table may be enlarged.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the table top, and 2 the curtainthereof, which as usual is reinforced intermediate of its ends by braces3, of which there may be any In this form of the invention the table isexhibited as square, and asferred contour and has near its outer end alongitudinally-disposed seat 6 and a transverse aperture 7 that islocated approximately midway of the length of the seat and designed toreceive a pin 8, the function of which will resently appear. The innerend of the brac et has secured to it a clip 9 having a hooked terminal10 that is designed to engage a slot 11 formed in a keeper 12 secured tothe under side of the table and between it and the curtain, the orificedortion of the keeper being projected beyon the curtain to permit of itsbeing engaged by the hooked terminal 10 of the clip. As the keeper 12 isdis osed on the under side of the table as stated? it is necessary inorder to permit the upper edge of the bracket to be disposed inalinement with the under side of the table top to rabbet that portion inwhich the cli is seated, and the rabbet will of necessity e of twice thedepth of the thickness of theclip in order to permit the latter to bearsquarely against the outer face of the keeper. In order to hold thebracket firmly assembled with the curtain 2, a spring locking latch 13is provided, which 1s firmly secured, near one end, to the under side ofthe bracket, and is provided at its outer end witha toe or catch 14 thatis adapted to spring over the lower edge of the curtain and bear againstthe inner side thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. To allow the hookedterminal of the cli to engage with the keeper, the under si e of thetable top is provided with a recess 15 for this purpose. The leaf 4carries near its outer edge, in this instance, a screw eye 16 that isadapted to engage the seat 6 and be held therein by means of the pin 8,as shown in Fig. 2.

In order to retain the up er surface of the supplemental leaf flush witthe upper face of the table top, a turn button 17 is employed. that isturned under the projecting edge of the table top, as more clearly shownin Fig. 4.

As shown in Fig. 1, but two of the brackets and one of the turn buttonsare employed, but it is to be understood that this number may beincreased if found necessary or de- 1T beneath the edge of the tabletop, the upper sirable without departing from the' spirit of theinvention.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 6 a s uare table 18 isconverted into a round table y employing four plano-convex leaves 19,which are held assembled with the table top in the same manner as thatabove de'- scribed.

In Fig. 7, a roundtable 2O is shown as being enlarged by combiningtherewith siX segmentalleaves 21 which are alsoA held in place by thesame means employed in connection with the other two forms.

It will be seen from the foregoing descripltion that in order to adaptan ordinary table toreceive added leaves, 1t will only benecessary toprovide the twol kee ers 12 and 'the recesses 15,. and as these aditions are on the underside of the table top they will not `be in sightso-that the'. appearance of the table is nowisewdetracted from by theemployment of thekeeper.

The bracket can be made as an article of manufactureand sold as such and:be applied .withA the keeper, `and a `selflocking device carried bysaid kbracket near the loWer edge of ksaid portion lto engage with thelower edge of the table curtain.

2. The combination withv a tablev top inf cluding a curtain or rimattached to the under sideof said top adjacent to its perimeter, of adetachable-bracket having a portiondisposed partfof-said portion -andtheedge of said top cludinga curtain orrim attached tothe under side ofsaid top adjacent to its perim-` eter, of a keeper mounted between vtheedge lof the table top and the curtain and provided with an orifice, abracket having a clip near its upper edge provided with a hooked teriminal to engage the orifice of the keeper and provided adjacent to itsouter end with a seat, a supplemental leaf carrying an eye to engage theseat, a pin to pass .through the bracket and the eye to hold the leafand bracket assembled, and a spring-locking .member carried by thebracket at its inner end to engage with the lower edge of the curtain. vl

4. The combina-tion with a Vtable top including ka curtain or rimattached tothe runder side of said top adjacent to its perimeter, of aslotted` keeper secured to Ithe under side of the top and arrangedbetween the edge of the tabletop and the curtain,` a bracket provided atone end with a hook to engage with the slot of the keeper andadjacent toitsother end with a seat, a supplemental leaf carrying an, eye to engageythe seat, a-pin passing through the bracketand the eye to hold the leafand bracket assembled, and a spring locking member carried by thebracket at its inner end to engage with rthe loweredge of the curtain. l

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my yown, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN EDWARD LONG. -Witnesses1 VALENTINE J GRIESHEIMER, WARREN J. LONG.

